01800nam a22003494a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020002800129040002100157035002100178043001200199050002800211082001500239100003200254245010600286260005400392300003300446490003900479504006400518505011700582520032900699533015201028611005301180655002901233710001701262830004001279856013101319ebr10097291CaPaEBR20260707175553.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||050310s2005    moua    sb   s001 0 eng    z  2005006499  z0826215882 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)607814503  an-us-mo14aGV722 1904b.M38 2005eb04a796.482221 aMatthews, George R.,d1950-10aAmerica's first Olympicsh[electronic resource] :bthe St. Louis games of 1904 /cGeorge R. Matthews.  aColumbia :bUniversity of Missouri Press,cc2005.  aix, 242 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.1 aSports and American culture series  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.0 aA tale of two cities -- The ghost of Plato -- Transfer accepted -- St. Louis Olympian games -- Place in history.  a"Explores the history of the 1904 Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, which featured first-time African American Olympians, a controversial marathon, and documentation by photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. Examines the controversy surrounding the transfer of the games from Chicago to St. Louis"--Provided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.20aOlympic Gamesn(3rd :d1904 :cSaint Louis, Mo.) 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aSports and American culture series.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10097291zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view